כִּֽי־יִהְיֶה֩ בְךָ֨ אֶבְי֜וֹן מֵאַחַ֤ד אַחֶ֙יךָ֙ בְּאַחַ֣ד שְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ בְּאַ֨רְצְךָ֔ אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ נֹתֵ֣ן לָ֑ךְ לֹ֧א תְאַמֵּ֣ץ אֶת־לְבָבְךָ֗ וְלֹ֤א תִקְפֹּץ֙ אֶת־יָ֣דְךָ֔ מֵאָחִ֖יךָ הָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃
Apabila ada di antaramu seorang miskin, salah seorang dari saudara-saudaramu, di salah satu kotamu, di negerimu yang diberikan Yang Mahakekal, Allahmu, kepadamu, janganlah engkau mengeraskan hatimu dan janganlah engkau menggenggam tanganmu terhadap saudaramu yang miskin itu.
Nineteen Letters
They furthermore tend to ennoble thy inner character that it become pure and free of all that could drag thee down from the high pinnacle of thy holy mission. They bid thee put aside pride and desire of sensual pleasure, to respond sympathetically to the sorrow or joy of all beings, and to embrace them all in thy love as children of thy God. These injunctions are but the applications of the principles demonstrated as true in the revelations given in the actions, in the mighty deeds, of God. His commandments are but the expressions of these principles; revealed as concepts, not as mere incomprehensible behests; whosoever desires truth will accept them.
Kol Dodi Dofek
"Do not harden your heart, and do not shut your hand against your needy brother … open your hand to your poor and destitute brother in your land."
—Deuteronomy 15:7, 11 (emphasis added)
—Deuteronomy 15:7, 11 (emphasis added)
Duties of the Heart
Regarding the negative commandments [of the duties of the heart], the torah wrote: "nor shall you covet etc" (Deut. 5:18), "You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge" (Levit. 19:18), "You shall not hate your fellow in your heart" (Levit. 19:17), "and so that you do not seek after your own heart and your own eyes" (Numbers 15:39), "you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor fellow" (Deut. 15:7), and many other similar passages.